Rough river

[RICHYD4U]

I made a promis to the guy and believe me I have told you guy's more then i have rob and he and I fish together a lot. But i did through you a bone. "Close to Axtel". Another good way to catch them is look for the wind blowing towards a steep rocky bank and fish close to the bank. The wind will blow the shad toward the bank and the hybrids will lay under them..

Yes you did say close to Axtel...along with the north and south ends of the lake...haha. Just giving ya a hard time, not looking for your honey hole, just generalities. I'll probably head up there next week and try my standard spots, should have some fish there by now. I'll report back when I do.

Oh yeah...thanks for the advice on the steep rocky banks...I'll keep that in mind.

-Rich

[olgreenboat]

alot of these are over 8" fish but they didn't come from rough.. http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/c...=fishin199.jpg
I have caught bluegill in rough that were all i can do to get my hand around them to get the hook out . I caught one last year that was 10 1/2" while crappie fishing. I let it go because it was a female. bluegills over 7" is pretty big.

[00SKEETER]

alot of these are over 8" fish but they didn't come from rough.. http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/c...=fishin199.jpg
I have caught bluegill in rough that were all i can do to get my hand around them to get the hook out . I caught one last year that was 10 1/2" while crappie fishing. I let it go because it was a female. bluegills over 7" is pretty big.

Back around 15 years ago my dad and I use to fish Patoka Lake in Indiana and we use to catch 8-9 inch bluegill all the time. That was the average size. I think we caught a total of 5 over 12" when we were fishing there (shellcracker and bream). We would catch anywhere from 50-100 a day and anything smaller than 8 inches we would throw back and that's no exaggeration. I'm not sure if fishing pressure or the stocking of stripers hurt the bluegill population there but something sure changed because they're nowhere to be found anymore.

[kycoolj32]

OLGREENBOAT I sent you a private message!